My Little Pony: Will Of Fire

The Fire Element Alicorn

Chapter 10

Seeing Pink

During a beautiful morning in Ponyville, Pinkie Pie began to wake up from her sleep. After she got out of bed, she walked up to the calendar on the wall and suddenly her eyes began to glow. "Yay! The party convention in Sunnyville is this week! I should go see if anyone wants to go with me!" She quickly went downstairs past Mrs. and Mr. Cake and ran outside. Pinkie Pie decided to head for Apple Acres first. When Pinkie Pie got there, she saw Applejack and Big Macintosh collecting apples from a tree and quickly ran over to them. "Hey Applejack! Want to the party convention in Sunnyville with me?" "Sorry Pinkie Pie," Applejack said and she walked over to another tree, "Me and Big Macintosh need to collect these apples by today. Not to mention I have some relatives from Manehattan coming over for the weekend." Even though she was sad Applejack could go with her, Pinkie knew she had a couple more friends that she hadn't asked yet. Unfortunately, the others were either very busy or already had plans for the week. Soon after, Pinkie Pie decided to head for Golden Oak Library to ask Twilight and Flareon if they could go with her. When she got there, Pinkie Pie opened the door and quickly said, "Hey Twilight and Flareon...want to go with me to the party convention in Sunnyville!" Twilight, who was reading a book and writing down some notes looked up and said, "Party convention? Oh...that's right. It's this week in Sunnyville? I'm sorry Pinkie Pie, but I've got a lot of work to finish for Princess Celestia. Flareon doesn't have any plans for this week. He can go with you...right Flareon?" Since Flareon was preoccupied with a book he was reading, it took him a while before he realized what Twilight had just said. Flareon quickly got up and started making up excuses. "Oh...sorry Pinkie Pie I can't go...I injured my legs today. I also have this very bad cough and my eyes are very sore from this cold," he then knocked down a stack of nearby books, "Look at that...this is going to take me forever to fix." As Pinkie Pie's ear began to drop, she starting to leave. "Oh...ok. I guess I'll go by myself." He then let out a sigh of relief, but then Twilight turned to him and said with a disappointed voice, "Flareon." At that moment Flareon knew he had no choice. "Fine," Flareon said as if he was just signing his life away, "I can go with you." Suddenly, Pinkie Pie turned around with her eyes glowing brightly and yelled with excitement. "Really...great! I'm so happy Flareon. Thank you!" She then bite down on Flareon's tail and began to take him with her. While he was being dragged on the ground, Flareon looked at Twilight and whispered, "You owe me big time for this." Twilight simply smile and waved goodbye to them. "Have fun you two!"

After they boarded the train at the Ponyville station, Flareon and Pinkie Pie went and sat inside an open booth. It didn't take long before the train started moving. As he was looking outside the window, Flareon turned to her and asked, "Hey Pinkie Pie...how long are we going to be gone for? Just for one day...right?" Pinkie Pie simply replied, "Not just a day...an entire week. This is going to be so much fun!" At that moment Flareon yelled out, "Twilight!" so loud that it was heard by everyone in the train. Even though Flareon caused himself to get some unwanted attention, he didn't care at all. How could Twilight force him to go with Pinkie Pie well knowing he would be stuck with her for a whole week. Was she seriously planning on him dying? After Flareon banged his head against the window a couple of times, he said, "Yeah...this figures. I'm going to die before we get to Sunnyville. I just know it." When Flareon turned to Pinkie Pie again, he could still see that same carefree smile on her face. An hour later, a pony walked into the train car and said, "Next stop...coming up!" A couple of minutes later, the train slowed down and stopped. Pinkie Pie then got out of her seat, grabbed his hoof, and said, "Come on Flareon...this is our stop!" Flareon couldn't believe that they had already made it to Sunnyville after just over an hour. Unfortunately, when they got off the train, he knew something was very wrong. "Um...Pinkie Pie. Are you sure this is where we were supposed to get off?" She then turned to him smiling and said, "Yep...this is it!" Flareon then began to yell, "Pinkie Pie...this is a desert! How is this Sunnyville! You know what...you can play in the desert all you want. I however am getting back on the train." Unfortunately, when Flareon turned around, the train was nowhere in sight. As Pinkie Pie began to walk into the scorching desert she said, "Don't worry Flareon...Sunnyville is right through here. This is just a fun, little detour I thought we could take!" Fun was the least thing on Flareon's mind at the moment, but left without a choice, he reluctantly followed after her.

For what seemed like hours, they both continued to walk through the blazing heat of the desert. Once again, Flareon had to wipe the sweat off his forehead. "It's...so...hot" he panted. When Flareon looked at Pinkie Pie, she wasn't even bothered at all by the heat. She just kept hoping along without a care in the world. Suddenly, Flareon began to spot a lush oasis that had a group of palm tress and a sparkling pond. "Pinkie Pie," Flareon yelled, "Look...it's an oasis...with shade and water!" She just looked at him confused and said, "What are you talking about?" Without paying any attention to her, Flareon quickly ran towards the oasis. Unfortunately, when Flareon tried to jump in the water, it suddenly turned into a cactus. He tried to avoid the cactus, but it was too late as Flareon flew right into it. As he yelled in pain, Pinkie Pie walked up to him and asked, "Why are you hugging that cactus?" As Flareon prided himself off the cactus, he painfully had to pull each needle out. "Pinkie Pie...why did you tell me I was running into a mirage? You know what...forget it," Flareon said as he signaled for her to continue walking to Sunnyville. Eventually, the desert ended, and they soon found themselves in front of a large swamp. "What in the...a swamp? This is where Sunnyville is at?" Flareon asked. Suddenly, Pinkie Pie began to laugh and replied, "No silly...Sunnyville is past this swamp. Come on...let's go!" First a desert and now a swamp? Where is Sunnyville at? Does it even exist? Even though Flareon deeply wanted to return home, he once again reluctantly followed after Pinkie Pie.

Even though Flareon wasn't happy with the fact they hadn't reached Sunnyville yet, he was glad to at least be out of the desert heat. As Flareon and Pinkie Pie slowly made their way through the swamp, they were soon faced with a wide body of water in front of them. Pinkie Pie then began to hop on the rocks as she made her way across the river. Unfortunately, one of them was actually a large alligator. "Pinkie Pie...look out!" Flareon yelled. As she turned around to look at him, the alligator began to attack her from behind. Flareon then quickly flew at Pinkie Pie and pushed her away, but in doing so, the alligator attacked him instead. As Pinkie Pie landed on the other side of the river, she suddenly spotted a small, baby alligator. "Oh...you're so cute! You remind me of my little Gummy back home." While she was petting the baby alligator, Flareon meanwhile, was still trying to fight off the big one. Suddenly, the alligator bite down on Flareon, and then dragged him underwater. Soon after, a couple of air bubbles appeared, and then Flareon was seen flying out of the water. He then landed near Pinkie Pie who was petting the baby alligator and attempted to yell at her, but Pinkie Pie simply put down the alligator and said, "Okey dokey Flareon...let's go!" As she walked away, Flareon had a sudden urge to strangle her, but he knew that wouldn't solve anything. "I hate my life," Flareon muttered to himself as he continued after Pinkie Pie.

Finally, after about a couple of hours, they finally made it out of the swamp, but it wasn't all good news. As Flareon looked around, he noticed something strange. He couldn't see anything at all because of the dense fog that was everywhere. "Are you kidding me? A desert, a swamp, and now fog?" Am I already dead or is thing a nightmare?" Suddenly, Pinkie Pie began to walk in front of him and said, "We're almost to Sunnyville. Come on Flareon!" He then followed Pinkie Pie hoping that they would be there soon, but his hopes quickly fell and they walked through the fog for what seemed like forever. The entire time Pinkie Pie kept saying, "We're almost there!" over and over again. When would they be there? Are walking to a place that probably doesn't exist? If he killed Pinkie Pie now...would anyone ever find out? After another hour went by, Flareon had reached his boiling point, and once Pinkie Pie had said, "We're almost there!" again, he finally snapped and yelled, "Pinkie Pie...stop!" As she stopped walking, Pinkie Pie turned around with a smile on her face and said, "Flareon good news! We're..." Unfortunately, she wasn't able to finish her sentence as Flareon began to yell at her. "Let me guess...it's another area we have to go through to get to a town that doesn't exist? A desert, a swamp, fog, now what...hell itself? Oh wait...I'm already there and I have been ever since we got on that train! Here's another thing...I never wanted to go with you to this stupid party convention in Nowhereville in the first place. The only reason I went with you is because Twilight forced me to and another thing...no one else wanted to go with you because you are so annoying!" All the rage that had built inside him had finally been unleashed. After he was done, Flareon was deeply breathing as he was still staring at a startled Pinkie Pie with fire in his eyes. Suddenly, she said out of nowhere, "Um...Flareon...we're here." As he slowly turned around, all the fog that was around them slowly disappeared as the sun began to shine down onto a large town. They had finally made it to Sunnyville. "Would you look at that...we actually made it and...uh oh," Flareon said as he began to realize what he had just yelled out a few minutes ago.

As Flareon turned around, he saw Pinkie Pie in tears. "Flareon...is that how you really feel?" He tried to respond, but Flareon was at a loss for words. "Well then," Pinkie Pie said, "I hope you like being by alone in Sunnyville because I'm going to have fun by myself!" She then walked past Flareon without even wanting to look at him. As he watched her walk away, Flareon yelled out, "Fine...be that way. I don't care. I never wanted to come anyway!" and soon after, they headed into Sunnyville in separate directions. Shortly after, in a tavern, Flareon was seen sitting at the bar who said, "Another chocolate please." The bartender, who was busy cleaning a glass, looked at him and replied, "You've already had four glasses sir," but then decided to give him one more glass. Flareon quickly drank the chocolate milk and slowly put the empty glass near the other four. The bartender looked at him and said, "Let me guess...you're trying to drink away your problems right? Come on, you can tell me. What's on your mind?" Flareon then took a deep sigh. "I said some things to my friend Pinkie Pie that I now regret. I had let my anger and frustration get the better of me and yelled at her. She doesn't deserve to have me as her friend. I'm just a piece of worthless garbage." Suddenly the bartender replied, "Pinkie Pie...thee Pinkie Pie? Well shoot...I can't believe that you know her. You know...she's come to the party convention here in Sunnyville every month...though she's always come alone. Looks like her friends were always busy and couldn't come with her, but this time, looks like she was lucky to have someone finally come with her. You know...Pinkie Pie wasn't always happy and carefree as she is now. Born into an Amish family she was...poor girl. Ain't no group of ponies more depressing and dull as those Amish folk. Pinkie Pie left home when she was just a filly. I heard Mr. and Mrs. Cake of Sugarcube Corner in Ponyville were the ones that took her in. Ever since, she's spent her entire life trying to make everyone happy. You're lucky to have Pinkie Pie as a friend and I think it's about time you show her what a true friend does when things go bad." After the bartender was finished, Flareon thanked him for the talk, and quickly left the tavern to find Pinkie Pie and apologize.

As Flareon hurried through town, he finally found Pinkie Pie entertaining a group of ponies. A little female filly who was watching her said, "Pinkie Pie...thank you for coming here again. You always seem to cheer everyone up. You are the best pony ever!" Pinkie Pie turned to face the filly and patted her on the head. "Of course...I always come here for the party convention! Having fun is what I love to do! I'll always come here every month. You can count on me!" As the crowd began cheering for Pinkie Pie, Flareon slowly walked up to her and began to apologize. "Pinkie Pie...I'm sorry. Look...I understand if you're still mad at me. I said a lot of stuff to you that I shouldn't have. You're a friend that I'm very lucky to have and I want to continue being your friend. Can you please forgive me?" As Flareon looked at the ground preparing for her to say no, he was shocked when Pinkie Pie suddenly hugged him. As she began to cry, Pinkie Pie said, "Of course I do Flareon...you're my best friend. About that detour I had us take...I just thought it would be more fun than simply riding the train here...I'm sorry." After she let go of him, Flareon replied, "Nah...it's fine. That detour was actually fun...for the most part. How about when we go back to Ponyville...we just take the train the entire way this time...ok?" As the crowd began to cheer for them, Flareon grabbed Pinkie Pie's right hoof and said, "Now...how about we get this party convention started!" As Pinkie Pie smiled at him, Flareon for the first time actually felt happy by her smile. As the week went by, Flareon and Pinkie Pie continued to have a great time as the party convention in Sunnyville was the best one yet. At the end of the week, Flareon and Pinkie Pie went to the town's train station and after boarding the train, they waved goodbye to the townsfolk as the train slowly began to makes its' way back to Ponyville. Eventually, the train made it back to Ponyville, and after they got off the train, Flareon and Pinkie Pie waved goodbye to each other as they both headed back home. When he returned home to Golden Oak Library, she saw Twilight on the couch reading a book. As he closed the door behind him, Twilight looked up from the book and asked, "Oh Flareon...you're back. So, how did it go? Did you have fun?" As Flareon sat down on the couch beside her, he replied, "I actually had a really good time." As Twilight closed the book and laid it on the table, she snuggled up close to him and said, "That's nice. So...are you going to go with her again next month?" Suddenly, Flareon whispered in her ear, "Never again." As he laid her head under his chin, Twilight was left wondering what he had actually gone through that entire week.